PPR vs Listings

From CRM 5.0, we have both PPR and Listing functionality available in SAP CRM. So, its really confusing to decide which one among them can be used tomeet the business requirement, because same can be achieved by using PPR as well as Listings functionality. So which one among them is best suited for your business?

Before proceeding further, let us familiarize ourselves with their definitions first:

Partner/Product Ranges (PPR) is basically a combination of accounts and products that are valid for a specific time period.

Listings can be used to determine the products, which can be ordered by and offered to a customer for a particular time period via a certain sales channel.

Exclusion can be used to determine products, which cannot be sold to a customer for a particular time period.

During CRM 4.0, listing functionality was present only in R/3 but there was no integration of listing functionality with CRM. In CRM, same listing functionality was covered by Partner/Product Ranges (PPR). But flexibility of listing definition using PPR was not sufficient due to below reasons:

With this I would like to conclude that, Listings in CRM is preferred solution for new implementations and for customers who require R/3-CRMintegration. It also provides high flexibility for listing definition and determination and better performance.

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Can you please share the process of listings replication from CRM 7 to ECC.

We have scenario where in R/3 material listings is mandatory per config. In CRM7 we have maintained listings but not flowing to ECC..could you please explain the config that is to be setup and replication process..thanks a lot.